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Direct linkSimpson, Ormond – Open Learning, 2013
This paper brings together some data on student retention in distance education in the form of graduation rates at a sample of distance institutions. The paper suggests that there is a "distance education deficit" with many distance institutions having less than one-quarter of the graduation rates of conventional institutions. It looks…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Academic Persistence, School Holding Power, Learning Motivation
